Collar.



PATBNTED MAR. 10, 12:3

W, J. BRUEHL COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.10, 1907 WALTER J. BRUEHL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 10, 1908.

Application filed September 10, 1907. Serial No, 392,246.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER J. BRUEHL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Collar, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a novel. construction of turndown collars, which-are used about the neck bymen and women and adapted to be buttoned to a garment and with which either a string or four-in-hand necktie is used and it consists in providing the outer fold or turndown ortion of the collar with substantially paral el slits, where by the band of the tie is retained in its pro er position and prevented from accidental s ipping or against displacement'in any direction after being tied, while at the same time the combinationimproves the set of the collar and of the neck band.

Figure 1 represents a ers'pective view of a turndown collar embo ying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a View similar. to Fig. 1, but showing a string tie in position before being tied. Fig. 3 represents a view similar to Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of my invention in use with a four-in-hand tie.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings: 1 designates a turndown collar embodying my invention,

the same having the inner fold 2 and the outer fold 3, the inner fold being provided with tabs of the usual construction and adapted to be buttoned upon the stud or collar vbutton 4.

5'and 6 designatevertical slits which are of the form of elongated button-holes which extend substantially vertical and are located in substantially parallel direction with the juxtaposededges 7 and 8 of the outer fold 3, attention being called to the fact that the tie retaihingis'lits' and 6 are located in the outer fold dr' turndown portion 3, the posi-' tion of the 1%) wer extremities of the tie retaining slits 5 and 6 with respect to the lower edges 9 and 10 of the outer fold 3 in the preferred construction being apparent from Fig. 3.

11 and 12 designate the ends or terminals of the string tie, the body portion 13 thereof occupying the position indicated dotted, in

-. Figs. Zand 3, it being understood that said ends 11 and 12 'after tying, appear as indicated at the points 14, 15 and 16 in Flg. 3.

. 1 In Fig. 4 I have shown my invention as adapted for use with a four-in-hand tie, the latter being indicated at 17 and it being apparent that the tie retaining slits 5 and 6 in both instances, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, are

perpetually concealed when the necktie is tied, whereby the tie, as well as the collar, has a neat and attractive appearance and is durable and economical in use.

It will be apparent that my invention, in its broad aspects, can be applied to any colfar in use andin many respects, proves a comfort to the wearer and facilitates the tying of a more perfect and natty bow.

1 am aware that it has been heretofore proposedto make an incision or slot in the inner band of a tUIIldOVlIl collar and that it has also been proposed in standing collars, to make incisions or slots through which the ends of a tie may be passed and to none of these constructions do I make my claim, since the present invention is conlinedto the use and location of the parallel slits in the outer or turndown portion of the collar.

It will furthermore be apparent to those skilled in the art that .by having the slits or incisions in the outer folds, as l have illustrated thesame, the neck band is lirmly held upon-the folds and passes through single layer of material only before being brought in position to be tied and the arrangement is such that the faces'of the edges are lirmly held a proper distance apart and the collar, its juxtaposed edges 7 and 8 and the -tie are firmly-and reliably held in-proper position It will be further evident that the fixed position of the tie protects ties from wear by the edges of the turn over collar and that this advantage-is particularly noticeable in four in hand ties. I

' Having thus described my invention, what l-claim asnewand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1 In a device of the character described, a

turn down collar, consisting of an inner and an outer fold, said outer fold bei ng.provided near its juxtaposed edges with substantially vertical slits 4 extending throu h the main body of the fold and through w ichthe ends of a necktie are adapted to be inserted.

WALTER J. BRUEHL. Witnesses W. D. JAOOBSON, W. M. HOLLIS. 

